84 year old flies plane: Myrta Gage is an 84-year-old former pilot who is on cloud nine as she has fulfilled her wish of reliving her days as a pilot. Gage, who has recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, wanted to sit in the cockpit of a plane and fly it before breathing her last.
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To ensure that her wish comes true, her son Earl contacted fellow pilot Cody Mattiello who permitted her to fly a plane one last time. Mattiello gave her control of the plane and that's how her wish got fulfilled. Her video of flying the plane one last time has gone viral on social media.&feature=emb_logo"> Watch her viral video.
Mattiello took to social media to share heart-warming photos and video of Myrta flying the plane on Facebook. "I was asked a few days ago to help fulfil this amazing lady’s final wish’s to fly a plane again. She was a pilot in her youth... Her son contacted me to help and I was more then happy to help a fellow aviator. Beautiful weather to fly down Lake Winnipesaukee and around Mount Kearsarge to see the fall colors," he wrote. A lot of netizens praised him for his kindness.
Another such woman who is making waves with her youthful energy is 90-year-old woman from Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district. She is learning to drive a car these days because all her family members know how to drive one except her. She, too, wanted to learn the skill of driving a car. Read more about this inspiring woman.
Another woman worth seeking inspiration from is Dr Usha Lodaya who completed her teenage dream of pursuing PhD on June 20, 2021. She is delighted as she can now prefix Dr in her name.